"Anheuser-Busch's new entry into the soft drink market, Chelsea, has come upon rough times in Virginia, one of several test markets throughout the country. A group there contends the drunk is being marketed in a way that will lead children to grow into adult drinkers." Note - Chelsea was a "soft" drink that contained a slight amount of alcohol, hence the controversy.
Clarence C. Barksdale, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of First National Bank in St. Louis, Representative for the Eighth Federal Reserve District, and member of the Federal Advisory Council... 1977.
1 1/2 inch diameter round pin back button with an orange background with the words PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY in black surrounding a center circle in black with the words I AM REGISTERED in orange letters. This is an early version of the pin issued by the party that was established in the late 1960s and ran Eldridge Cleaver for president in 1968.
11.5-inch high by 4.5-inch by 4-inch plastic bank in the shape of a peanut with a wide, smiling mouth. Both the peanut and the wide, toothy grin were common symbols for presidential candidate Jimmy Carter.
Mrs. Marva Rucker, divorcee of 1534 N. 16th St., is shopping with food coupons under the Food Stamp Program. Her monthly income is $231--$156 of it from her Aid to Dependent Children and $75 from husband in support of their five small children. Monthly she is required to buy $30 worth of food coupons, and is given an additional $54 in free coupons, netting her total of $84 worth.